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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
On 1st April, 1965 the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth ceased to exist and
the new London Borough was formed. The London Borough consists of the former
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and the following wards of the former Metropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth, Larkhall, Clapham North, Clapham Park, Thornton (east
of Cavendish Road), Streatham Hill, St. Leonard's (east of the Railway), Streatham
Common and Streatham South. The population is the largest of the thirty-two
London Boroughs and the Borough covers an area of 6,727 acres. It has common
boundaries with Wandsworth, Goydon, Bromley, Southwark and the Cities of
London and Westminister.
The Borough has approximately 600 acres of parks and open spaces including
Brock well, Kennington, Ruskin, Norwood, Archbishop's and Vauxhall Parks,
Myatt's Fields, Streatham Common and parts of Clapham and Tooting Bec Commons.
Among the world famous buildings within the boundaries are Lambeth Palace,
the Oval Cricket Ground, the County Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Headquarters
of the London Fire Brigade and the Transport Museum at Clapham.
Lambeth is divided into five Parliamentary Constituencies, Vauxhall,
Brixton, Norwood, Streatham and Gapham, each returning one Member of
Parliament. For the purposes of the Borough Council elections the borough is
divided into a total of twenty wards each returning three Councillors. Four
members are returned to the Greater London Council.
STATISTICS
GENERAL
Area of Borough 6,727 acres
No. of Wards 20
No. of Parliamentary Constituencies 5
Population (Mid-year estimate 1965) 339,560
Density of Population i.e. number of Persons per acre 50.4
Number of marriages during year 2,993
Marriage Rate per 1,000 Population 8.8
Rateable Value of District (1st April, 1965) £19,569,636
Sum represented by Penny Rate (1965/1966) £77,600
Number of separately rated houses and flats at 1st April, 1965 91,178